All-Madden(default)/Patch-3/Realism

[tdogg097]

Quote: Originally Posted by bravesfan1984

D_Fos, how has the level of competition been for you with default sliders? are you seeing a good challenge or is it pretty easy to go 14-2 or something like that? i'm just kind of tired of playing around with sliders. the more they are tinkered with, the more i see strange things happening during gameplay. and for some reason, it just makes the game feel cheap to me. im curious about default because i just want to pop the game in and play to have fun. i can never start a franchise because of the constant slider tinkering.

After messing with all the slider sets I decided to go with default and I think it is the way to go. I'm 1-3 right now with the Raiders in my CCM and the games have gone like this, Loss 14-26, Loss 32-40, Loss 21-32, Win 37-23. Kind of a mixed bag of results.

I have noticed when I pick the plays I seem to have more success as opposed to using the "Ask Madden" playcalling. The first 3 games I played were without calling my own plays and the last was with calling my own plays on off and def. So I would try a few games calling your own plays and if that is to easy switch up and "Ask Madden." Or you could use a mix (ie calling your own plays on offense and "Ask Madden" on defense or vice versa)

[Sausage]

Quote: Originally Posted by D_Fos

I've gone about .500 since I've been playing from All-Madden. All-Madden default is pretty good. I had a few issues with it, ie. User qb acc, tackling, and fumbles. Whats cool is it really hasn't thrown the All-Madden default difficulty out of wack by making these tweaks to it. I belive the sliders are not as broken as years past, so thats a positive. You'll also feel like you actually earned the W when you do play from All-Madden. If you try these, make sure to change the CPUs PB so they will have better play calling logic. Lemme know how it works out for you!

Do you use the set in an online or offline CCM?

[tdogg097]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sausage

Do you use the set in an online or offline CCM?

I think you can only change the playbook in offline.

[DJ]

Gave my old set one last chance ... Yeah, I'll be changing to this set next game. I did change the CPU playbook and it did make a difference, which is good.

[D_Fos]

Game 4
Skins(me) 31 VS Bucs(CPU) 23
Didn't go into OT, like my 2 other games did, however it was down to the final minutes!! w/ both defenses stepping up late in the 2nd half.
Tale of 2 halfs!

1st half:
Skins: 28
Bucs: 20

2nd half:
Skins: 3
Bucs: 3

The Balanced PB played out very well for the Bucs(449yd total O, 203 rushing)

Blount 7brk tak
Skins 2brk tak

This game was going back and forth all game!
T.O.P
Skins: 30:57
Bucs: 29:03

They kept me guessing, using Spread Shotgun and running Blount on Draws! I was surprised how well they executed. They threw in a little bit of everything.
Both sides had a good amount of yards after 1st hit.

Run V Pass
Skins: 28/22
Bucs: 30/33
this is w/ 15min qtrs 12sec time left on playclock.

Player of Game
RG3, 366yds passing, 48rush, 4tds passing 1int. 116qb rating
NFC POW!!

Bucs
449 total yds: ran for over 200yds!
4sacks and 1int
3turnovers, Freeman lost 1 on a sack fumble forced by Kerrigan late in the 4th qtr.

Skins(me)
494 total yds:
3sacks
2ints
1 turnover

Orakpo and Kerrigan each get a sack, for their 1st sacks of the season, hopefully they will start picking it up now. I'm also also making more defensive line/Lb adjustments/blitz angles.


Note:
Adjustments to gameplay Sliders, ie. Ints, BTKs/yards after 1st hit and also Autosubs(RBs need more rotation), and Penalty sliders(still a lil low)1-3per gm.

Updates coming soon, stay tuned...................

[D_Fos]

Updated 11-1-12

Player Skill

Qb acc: 50
Pass Blk: 25
WR Cth: 50


Brk Tak: 35(reducing the amount of Brk Tak per gm both Player and CPU)
Run Blk: 25
Fumble: 40


Pass D RT: 25
Int: 25(reducing the amount of ints per gm both Player and CPU)
Pass Rush: 25


Rush D RT: 25
Blk Shed: 25
Takle: 40(reducing the amount WWE type hits also should help reduce fumbles for both Player and CPU)

CPU Skill

Qb acc: 50
Pass Blk: 50
WR Cth: 50


Brk Tak: 35
Run Blk: 50
Fumble: 40


Pass D RT: 50
Int: 25
Pass Rush: 50


Rush D RT: 50
Blk Shed: 50
Takle: 40



Game Options
Inj: 54
Fatigue: 50

Penalty
Offside: 56
False start: 56
Holding: 54
Face Mask: 54
DPI: 55
OPI: 55
Punt Cth Int: 54
Clipping: 53
Int Grounding: 53
Rough Passer: 52
Rough Kicker: 52
Special Teams: default/50(Kick meter is pretty fast on All-Madden)

AutoSubs
HB- in/out - 83/81
DT- in/out - 80/79
DE- in/out - 80/79
(Improves rotations for both Player and CPU)
Will be testing these for the next few games.

[D_Fos]

Next up!
3-1 Redskins(me) VS 3-1 Falcons(CPU)

The Falcons(irl) through 8gms
Run vs Pass ratio

Run(25) VS Pass(38)

They should do well w/ the Pass Balance PB and 4-3 D.
I like how the CPU is utilizing more shotgun run plays on Balanced and Pass Balanced.

Should be a fun game! Will update asap.

[D_Fos]

I'm really liking what these tweaks to All-Madden default have done.

Just played the Falcons and
Both teams had 4 penalties each

T.O.P:
Falcons: 30:39
Skins: 29:21

Turnovers:
1 for each team, both fumbles. I had a season high w/ 6sacks and they got me 2xs. So major improvement over what was happening in my 1st 3 games(noted early in previous pgs).

NFC Player of Week: RG3, 117qb rating, 75yds rushing 2tds, 272 passing w/ 2tds and 0ints.

Big difference in this game was B. Banks getting 99yds on 8 punt returns and 24.8avg. Best performance of the season for him too. Also I converted 8 3rd dwn convs, and Falcons only had 1. I had 3 RD ZN TDs, they had 1.



Final
Falcons: 17
Skins: 35

Next up! Vikings!
They will run w/ the WC Playbook and Cvr -2 D.

Only changes for next game:

Increase to AutoSub
HB- in/out: 85/83
DT- in/out: 85/83